Farm and Retention Pond

Constructed wetland filters or Farm and Retention pond filtration systems have grown in popularity, especially in Morris County, NJ , over the last couple of years mainly because of their natural look,aesthetic appeal, and incredible filtration. But what exactly is a wetland and just how does it function?

A wetland works just like a bio-fall filter, but instead of creating a waterfall; it creates an area in your pond thick with naturally-filtering aquatic plants and rocks and gravel, which provide a surface forbeneficial bacterial colonization … nature’s perfect filters. So a wetland filter, while naturally beautiful and pleasing to the eye, is a great biological filtration method, and will help keep your water looking crystal clear.

One of the greatest things about wetland filtration is that it can be constructed and used within virtually any system, large farm ponds, retention ponds, and even koi and fish ponds. . But will it fit into your pond situation? Do you have to have a lot of space to construct a wetland for your pond? There are no size limitations because it acts as your biological filtration. The plants, rocks, and gravel act as the filtration media, similar to what you see in nature.

​What are the Benefits of Farm and Retention Pond Filtration (Wetland Filtration)?

A constructed wetlands filter looks beautiful and it might be designed like a wetland straight out of the marshlands, but how clean does it keep the water? Some say it’s even better than a biological filter, but in actuality, the benefits are very similar. Wetland filtration balances out your water very well, sometimes better than the biological filter, and once it is balanced, your pond will require less water treatment application. When constructed properly a wetlands filter is a biological filter on steroids.

The Bottom Line..... with wetland filtration

...is that constructed wetlands work in Morris, Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, NJ , and they make any pond look natural and gorgeous. What’s more, natural wetlands and the associated riparian habitats are the most biologically diverse habitats on earth, more species of plants and animals are associated with them than any other type of ecosystem.

But because of our construction practices and changes to natural hydrology, these systems are under great stress. By adding a small wetland to your existing farm pond or backyard pond, you’ll be helping to preserve the natural biodiversity of your community in New Jersey. With today’s growing tendency toward creating sustainable landscape solutions, you can see why wetland filtration is an obvious choice for today’s environmentally-conscious consumer.

Why add Farm Pond Aeration?

We are going to skip the entire science behind aeration and shoot to explain it in an easier way. Pond build up sludge and other nutrients, the organisms that eat this sludge need oxygen, the more oxygen the better. By adding an aerator oxygen is being created within the pond thus allowing sludge eating organisms to thrive and get to work. In addition, fish need oxygen, add more oxygen your fish are healthier and will also thrive in their environment. The process to cleaning a retention or farm pond is truly a marathon and not a sprint. Adding aeration is a great way to begin the marathon run of getting that farm or retention pond cleaned up.